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Chris Hunt

  • Gear test: Loon UV Infiniti Light

    I’ve become a big fan of UV cure resins for finishing flies. Not only does the resin dry hard, making a fly almost indestructible, it dries with a nice shine, making the fly much more attractive. But, I’ve come to realize, not all UV lights used to cure the resins are created equal. They really…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: How to Cast to Rising Trout

    Tailing bonefish. A daisy chain of 80-pound tarpon. The reflection of the Caribbean sun off the sythe-shaped tail of a permit. A striper blitz. And rising trout. These are the images that raise goose bumps on our arms and up our blood pressure. The are, for lack of a better term, potential. They represent the…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: The Basic Deceiver

    Loon's Matt Callies ties some great flies, and he's really good at making it look easy. I've got a saltwater trip coming up, so I've been watching the Loon fly-tying series for some baitfish pattern ideas, and I haven't been disappointed. Video of Basic DeceiverAbove, Matt ties the Basic Deceiver, a super-simple pattern that predatory…

  • Skills: Avoiding line twist and memory

    We've all been there. Maybe we're casting a streamer that's just a hair too big for the fly rod we're using, or maybe we're dragging fly line behind us while bonefishing, only to spot a fish much closer than we expected, forcing us to cast, but not cast the entire amount of line we've stripped…